February 24, 1980: There was one piece of business left, and it wasn’t easy. As the years passed, many came to assume it was the USSR that fell to the U.S. in the 1980 Winter Olympics gold medal game.
February 23, 2006, 20 years ago today: Probably the most anticipated Olympic day in Boise to that point, as native son skier Jeret Peterson goes for a gold medal in freestyle aerials at the Winter Games in Torino.
February 20, 1998: At the age of 15, Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest Winter Olympics figure skating gold medalist in history when she wins the ladies singles competition at Nagano.
I mentioned this in early January, but it really bears repeating: How does Utah State men’s basketball get it done year after year, coach after coach? USU is on its fourth coach since 2018, Jerrod Calhoun, who’s in his second year.
February 17, 1936: The birth date of a player some will still argue is the greatest running back in NFL history. Jim Brown played for the Cleveland Browns from 1957-65, retiring in his prime at the age of 29.
February 13, 2021, five years ago today: Leon Rice becomes the winningest men’s basketball coach in Boise State history with a 61-59 win over UNLV in ExtraMile Arena, although only a handful of people witness it in person due to COVID-19 restrictions.
There’s a press conference this morning at Gov. Brad Little’s office—to be jointly attended by officials from Boise State University and the University of Idaho. And the subject is not too difficult to figure out.
John Canzano and his “Bald Faced Truth” column peeked inside the Pac-12’s secret teapot Tuesday, lining out some details of the new Pac-12’s first football schedule, the release of which is imminent.
February 10, 2016, 10 years ago today: Not just the one that got away, but the one that was devastatingly taken away from Boise State.
I didn’t have Idahoan Breezy Johnson winning a gold medal on my bingo card, but I should have. The three-time Olympian from Victor blistered the course at Cortina and took the women’s downhill by four-hundredths of a second.